RockShox
Revelation Race
2010 Forks

Product Description

The Rock Shox Revelation Race has 150mm of travel made possible by the Dual Air spring and Motion Control damper. Choose between a 1-1/8" or 1.5" tapered steerer. The fork accepts thru-axle hubs only via the proprietary 20mm Maxle Lite thru-axle. The fork works with disc brakes only, mounting on post-style mounts; minimum rotor size is 160mm, max is 203mm.

User Reviews

Strengths: Light, stiff, plush. Everything you could want in a trail fork.

Weaknesses: None so far.

Bottom Line:

I have the Maxle Lite version, it was a giant upgrade from the stock Marz XC600 POS that came on my Dawg. I lowered the fork to 140mm to match my Dawg's geo a little better, and other than cleaning it regularly, has performed flawlessly since I installed it in April. Gnarly tech, small doubles, drops and huckers, fast flowy stuff, this fork can do it all and does it well.

Weaknesses: Only weakness i can think of is also a silly design element of others brands such as fox; these forks use a wiper seal & foam ring only, dirt can get under the wiper seal as i found with my 09's when servicing them. ( i clean the stanchions every ride and lift the dirt from the seals using the oil and compress method)

Bottom Line:

Fantastic forks, very smooth & plush, damping performs perfectly in my eyes, reliable (fingers crossed), super stiff and very light. Having owned both fox and Rockshox i don't think i could go back.
As with all forks keep them clean and do an oil bath/foam ring service every few months (takes 20mins) and your good to go!

Strengths: strength, lightweight, precision steering, easy to set up and plush

Weaknesses: lack of external travel adjustment

Bottom Line:

this fork is a performer, will be the sleeper on todays market and likely increase in price in coming years, just like when the Pike first came out priced low and then doubled in price as word spead on quality and value of the fork vs. Fox. Fox forks are really good but you pay premium, that FIT dampner is really tough to get perfect and with all the different adjusters I see guys just always tweaking out on it. My fork as the tapered headtube so maybe its a bit stiffer than most, but this fork reminds me of my first ride on the older 36's from fox. Really stiff, performed flawlessly with 2 mins of adjusting both positive and negative air chambers, point and shoot, inspires confidence for sure. About $400-$500 cheaper than comparable fox too. Big improvments from my Pike 454 in the comsmetic and lightness along with nobs are strurdier. Weight is really low, like 3.89 lbs.